PSYCH-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Teleology, Naturalistic Fallacy

• School: New York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH-UA 1
• Professor: Lisa Chalik

Document Summary

Evolution: evolutionary forces have caused us to be really good at finding problems to solve, algorithm: what is the step-by-step procedure for solving the problem? a. the mind is what allows us to solve these problems. Implementation: how is the solution actually realized physically? a. the brain. Understanding human cognition requires understanding all three levels of analysis. We don"t evolve until it endangers our lives or ability to reproduce. In native world, we ate sweet and fatty foods to give energy so we could run for a long time; now we don"t have to, but we still eat a lot of fatty foods.